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Wildlife Division Budget Last Year
Mission
Statement: The
South Dakota Department of Game,
Fish and Parks Division of Wildlife will manage South Dakota's wildlife and fisheries resources and
their associated habitats for their sustained and equitable use, and for the benefit,
welfare and enjoyment of the citizens of this state and its visitors.
Division of Wildlife's
2003-2004 Budget |
| Budget Category |
Amount |
Percent |
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Wildlife
Management |
$5,873,539 |
19.4
% |
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Fish
Management |
$4,686,893 |
15.5% |
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Public
Land Management |
$4,817,389 |
15.9% |
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Support
Services |
$3,799,806 |
12.5% |
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Wildlife
Damage Management |
$2,906,249 |
9.6% |
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Law
Enforcement |
$3,604,653 |
11.9% |
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Capital
Developments |
$496,000 |
1.6% |
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Information
Services |
$973,501 |
3.2% |
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Field
Offices |
$878,240 |
2.9% |
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Education
Services |
$759,323 |
2.5% |
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Environmental
Services |
$1,197,524 |
4.0% |
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Administration |
$302,390 |
1.0% |
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Total |
$30,295,507 |
100% |
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Division of Wildlife's
2003 Estimated Revenue |
| Revenue |
Amount |
Percent |
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Nonresident License
Fees |
$11,819,375 |
38.7% |
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Resident License Fees |
$8,834,085 |
29.0% |
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Federal Aid |
$7,110,910 |
23.3% |
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Misc. Revenue Items |
$2,749,635 |
9.0% |
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Total |
$30,514,005* |
100% |
Revenue
estimates based on calendar year license sales/revenue receipts.
*Includes $1.4 million from $5 surcharge on most hunting licenses dedicated
to providing private land hunting access and enhanced depredation services. |
Nonresident License Sales
Big game,
Small game and waterfowl
Fishing
Resident License Sales
Big game
Small game and waterfowl
Fishing
Miscellaneous
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Federal Aid
Sportfish Restoration
Wildlife Restoration
Corps of Engineers
mitigation
program
Miscellaneous Revenue Interest and
dividends
Other license fees/charges
Partnership cost sharing
Grants from other agencies |
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DESCRIPTION OF
EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES
- Wildlife Management -- Population and harvest
surveys, research, private lands habitat and access, Walk-In Areas, habitat improvements,
wetlands development.
- Fish Management -- Hatcheries, fish stocking,
assessments of fish populations and harvest, research, habitat improvements.
- Public Land Management -- Mitigation, property
taxes, weed control, land acquisition, land management (food plots, tree plantings, signs,
fencing).
- Support Services -- Support to Division of
Administration (engineering, licensing, fiscal, purchasing, property management,
department secretary’s office, Parks and Wildlife Foundation, attorney), mandatory
central services (state accounting system, space rent, BOP, State Radio), main office,
supplies, computers, training, powww, telephone, uniforms, planning, federal aid.
- Wildlife Damage Management -- Animal Damage
Control Program (predatory/nuisance animals) and depredation services (game animals).
- Law Enforcement -- Boating, wildlife, fisheries,
Turn-In-Poachers, training.
- Capital Developments -- Facility improvement, boat
ramps, dams, buildings.
- Information Services -- Answering questions from the
public, news releases, developing information pamphlets and programs, Conservation Digest.
- Field Offices -- Maintaining regional and district
offices.
- Education Services -- Project WILD,
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, The Outdoor
Campus, hunter and boating safety, posters and other publications.
- Environmental Services -- Natural Heritage Program,
permit review, project review, interagency coordination, wildlife diversity projects,
endangered/threatened species.
- Administration -- Director and staff.
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